# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021109179` · 10/25/2021 · BROOKLYN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Mailboxes
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 29 Canterbury Road, BROOKLYN, CONNECTICUT, 06234
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when their finger became caught in a steel mailbox door, resulting in a fracture and laceration that required hospitalization and surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*